Télécharger le livre :  Morgenthau
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Morgenthau


William E. Scheuerman


The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of Realist international relations theory in the last century and his work remains hugely influential in the field. In...

Parution : 2013-04-29
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  The International Arms Trade
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The International Arms Trade


Suzette Grillot , Rachel Stohl


The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to...

Parution : 2013-04-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Sovereignty
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Sovereignty


Robert Jackson


Sovereignty is at the very centre of the political and legal arrangements of the modern world. The idea originated in the controversies and wars, both religious and political, of 16th and 17th century Europe and since that time it has continued to spread and evolve....

Parution : 2013-04-26
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Collection : Key Concepts series
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Télécharger le livre :  Power in the Changing Global Order
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Power in the Changing Global Order


Martin A. Smith


Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this complex concept by providing students with an incisive and engaging introduction to the shifting configurations of power in the...

Parution : 2013-04-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Unrecognized States
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Unrecognized States


Nina Caspersen


Unrecognized states are places that do not exist in international politics; they are state-like entities that have achieved de facto independence, but have failed to gain widespread international recognition. Since the Cold-War, unrecognized states have been involved in...

Parution : 2013-04-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Peace and Justice
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Peace and Justice


Rachel Kerr , Eirin Mobekk


In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging from violent conflict.In many cases this has been accompanied by some form of international judicial intervention to...

Parution : 2013-04-26
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Télécharger le livre :  New and Old Wars
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New and Old Wars


Mary Kaldor


Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between...

Parution : 2013-04-26
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Télécharger le livre :  The Causes of War
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The Causes of War


David Sobek


Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this claim. At other points in history, such as the run-up to the Second World War, wars seem all but foretold. How does one...

Parution : 2013-04-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Peacebuilding
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Peacebuilding


Dennis J. D. Sandole


Preventing violent conflicts and establishing comprehensive lasting peace in some of the world’s most turbulent regions has become the new global imperative. But to be effective, peacebuilding must be a multilateral, not a unilateral process. Even for the world’s sole...

Parution : 2013-04-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Responsibility to Protect
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Responsibility to Protect


Alex J. Bellamy


At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide and mass atrocities and pledging to act in cases where governments...

Parution : 2013-04-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Development
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Development


Anthony Payne , Nicola Phillips


Just about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. Development offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the various ways in which this important concept has been used in...

Parution : 2013-04-23
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Collection : Key Concepts
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Télécharger le livre :  The Ethics of War and Peace
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The Ethics of War and Peace


Nigel Dower


This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engaging analysis, Nigel Dower introduces the different ethical theories in traditional and contemporary debates –...

Parution : 2013-04-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Development, Security and Unending War
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Development, Security and Unending War


Mark Duffield


According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability - even in the most distant places - the West's way of life is threatened. In meeting this global danger, reducing poverty and developing the unstable...

Parution : 2013-04-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Congo
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Congo


Thomas Turner


The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the world's bloodiest hot spots. 2003 saw the end of a five-year war in which millions lost their lives - one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II. Despite recent peace agreements and democratic elections, the...

Parution : 2013-04-18
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19,10
Télécharger le livre :  World Politics
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World Politics


James Mayall


At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict would be replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law.At the start of the new...

Parution : 2013-03-01
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Éditeur : Polity
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